In addition to the secretaries of commerce and HHS, Obama has not named a food and drug administrator, but it's too late. The peanut butter is out of the barn.
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The President signed the stimulus package, which will bring hope to everyone. The Democrats hope that it succeeds and the Republicans hope that it fails.
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Failure means the Republicans win back the White House and the Congress. Crazy, isn't it? A failed economy will create jobs -- for members of Congress.
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We keep hearing about the 1990s being Japan's lost decade. There's an old Japanese saying, "When it comes to lost decades, the 1940s were not chopped liver.
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World War II? Hiroshima? Nagasaki? Oh, never mind.
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